Monument record 953/0/2 - Medieval closes

Earthworks suggest former extent of Long Buckby

{1} Settlement remains, centred SP 623675, now destroyed by modern building suggests the site of an early development of Long Buckby. An early focus of settlement here would explain the siting and orientation of The Mounts castle (SP 66 NW 2) better than the later medieval village centre which was possibly re-planned on its present site c.1280. Earthworks of closes and hollow-ways recorded on air photographs prior to destruction.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.133 site 6 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, A/P (RAF VAP 543/RAF/2337 0373-5) (Photographs). SNN104890.

<3> Aerial Photograph, A/P (CUAP, NT25, AWQ55) (Photographs). SNN112974.

<4> 1939, The Journal of The Northamptonshire County Library (Journal). SNN47368.

<5> RCHME, Undated, RCHME Inventory: Northamptonshire II (Central), 889386 (Archive). SNN112900.

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Mar 5 2024 4:14PM